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Abu Muslim

718 - 755

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Abu Muslim Abd al-Rahman ibn Muslim al-Khurasani (Arabic: أبو مسلم عبد الرحمن بن مسلم الخراساني; Persian: ابومسلم عبدالرحمان بن مسلم خراسانی; born 718/19 or 723/27, died 755) was a Persian general who led the Abbasid Revolution that toppled the Umayyad dynasty, leading to the establishment of the Abbasid Caliphate. Little is known about Abu Muslim's origins, but by the early 740s he had been in contact with Abbasid agents and around the year 745 he was sent to Khorasan. In 747, Abu Muslim ignited an open revolt against Umayyad rule and quickly took the city of Merv. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abu Muslim has received more than 471,926 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Abu Muslim is the 82nd most popular military personnel (up from 112th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Turkmenistan and the most popular Turkmen Military Personnel.

Abu Muslim was a military leader who led a rebellion against the Umayyad Caliphate.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Abu Muslim ranks 82 out of 2,058. Before him are Tadeusz Kościuszko, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Edward Smith, Günther von Kluge, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, and Helmuth von Moltke the Elder. After him are Qasem Soleimani, Yi Sun-sin, Võ Nguyên Giáp, Ivan Konev, Subutai, and Erich Hartmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 718, Abu Muslim ranks 1. After him are Constantine V, Ibrahim ibn Adham, Empress Kōken, Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi, Lupus II of Gascony, and Ōtomo no Yakamochi. Among people deceased in 755, Abu Muslim ranks 1. After him are Isma'il ibn Ja'far, and Zhang Xuan.

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In Turkmenistan

Among people born in Turkmenistan, Abu Muslim ranks 3 out of 50. Before him are Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (780), and Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu (1199). After him are Saparmurat Niyazov (1940), Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow (1957), Al-Nasa'i (829), Al-Zamakhshari (1075), Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur (1603), Ibn Khordadbeh (820), Chaghri Beg (989), Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak (736), and Al-Muqanna (800).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Turkmenistan

Among military personnels born in Turkmenistan, Abu Muslim ranks 1. 

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